Antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence gene analysis of species causing dysentery in Iranian children: Implications for fluroquinolone resistance.

species significantly impact global health due to their role in diarrheal diseases. A 2019-2022 cross-sectional study on 432 stool samples from pediatric patients in Mashhad, Iran, identified spp. and tested their susceptibility to 12 antimicrobials by the disk diffusion method.